Masters champs Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and Danny Willett are the standout golfers who will be aiming to secure their appearance at the 2026 Open Championshio when they tee-up next Tuessday (June 30th) at Final Qualifying for The 154th Open.
Johnson claimed his first major title at the 2016 US Open before the LIV Golf star added a second with a dominant five-stroke victory at the Masters in 2020.
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Tour Miss walked the final round of the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St. George’s with Johnson when he played in the company of eventual champion Darren Clarke.
‘DJ’ has contested every Open since 2009 though his exemption in capturing the 2020 Masters expired last year.
Joining ‘DJ’ will be Dundonald Links on the Scottish west coast along with Robert Rock, who has made eight Open appearances and recorded a tied seventh-place finish at St Andrews in 2010, will also be part of the field on the Ayrshire coast.
Super talented young Scot Connor Graham, and a member at Crail Golfing Society, returns to Dundonald where he successfully qualified a year ago.
India’s Anirban Lahiri and American PGA Tour star Sahith Theegala head the field at the Burnham and Berrow course in England’s south-west.
LIV Golf stars Thomas Detry, Peter Uhlein, Dean Burmester and Steve Lewton along with amateur Luke Poulter, son to Ian Poulter, are competing at the Royal Cinque Ports course.
And the two other Masters champs in Sergio Garia and Danny Willett plus Matt Wallace are the standout players teeing-up n the West Lanchasire course.
Garcia made his Open Championship debut in 1996 and will be looking to contest a 27th Open, and going one better than being runner-up in golf’s oldest major in 2007 when lost out to Padraig Harrington at Carnoustie and was also joint runner-up to Rory McIlroy in 2014 at Royal Liverpool.
Tee times are available to view for each of the four Final Qualifying venues – Dundonald Links, West Lancashire, Burnham & Berrow and Royal Cinque Ports – with all players having to complete 36 holes in their quest to progress.
The top five at each venue will qualify for The Open at Royal Birkdale.
